A new coral inhabiting barnacle of the genus Chionelasmus (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific John S. BUCKERIDGE Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNITEC Private Bag 92025, Auckland (New Zealand) jbuckeridge@unitec.ac.nz Dans le champ de l'observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés. (Louis Pasteur, 1854) Buckeridge J. S. 1998. A new coral inhabiting barnacle of the genus Chionelasmus (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific. Zoosystema 20 (2) : 167-176. KEYWORDS Chionelasmus, Eolasmatinae, Balanomorpha, Cirripedia, New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific. ABSTRACT This paper describes Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp., from a guyot on the northern part of Norfolk Ridge, to the south of New Caledonia. This new species, within the previously monospecific genus Chionelasmus, inhabits a living octocoral, Muricides sp. indet. Comments on the distribution and habitat of the new species are provided, including a proposai for the method by which the cyprid larva of C. crosnieri gained access to the axial skeleton of the octocoral. MOTS CLES Chionelasmus, Eolasmatinae, Balanomorpha, Cirripedia, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Sud-ouest Pacifique. RESUME Une nouvelle balane de Nouvelle-Calédonie du genre Chionelasmus (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) associée à un octocoralliaire. Le gente Chionelasmus était jusqu'à présent considéré comme monospécifique et Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp. est maintenant décrite du Banc Éponge, un guyot de la partie septentrionale de la Ride Norfolk, au sud de la Nouvelle- Calédonie. Cette nouvelle espèce est associée à un octocoralliaire du genre Muricides et le mode de pénéttation de la larve cypris vers son squelette axial est discuté.
Buckeridge J. S. INTRODUCTION The first known species of Chionelasmus, C. darwini was described by Pilsbry (1907), from 417-430 mètres off the Hawaiian Islands. Since that time, the distribution of the genus has been extended to the Indian Océan (Nilsson-Cantell 1928; Yamaguchi 1998), and the Southwest Pacific (Kermadec Islands) (Foster 1981). The fossil record is now known to extend back to the Eocene (Buckeridge 1983; 1993). This paper examines further living material, recovered by Bertrand Richer de Forges, from the northern part of the Norfolk Ridge. The spécimens studied here are preserved in alcohol, and have been examined with the aid of microscopy and dissection. In addition to scanning électron microscope photogtaphs of the exterior of the holotype, illustrations of opercula, mouth parts and appendages have been drawn with the aid of a caméra lucida. The holotype MNHN-Ci 2685, and paratypes MNHN-Ci 2686 to Ci 2688 inclusive, are deposited in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; a further paratype, CAX 118, is held in the type collections at the UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. SYSTEMATICS - Subclass CIRRIPEDIA Burmeister, 1834 Order SESSILIA Lamarck, 1818 Suborder BALANOMORPHA Pilsbry, 1916 Superfamily CHIONELASMATOIDEA Buckeridge, 1983 Family CHIONELASMATIDAE Buckeridge, 1983 DISTRIBUTION. Upper Palaeocene to Eocene (New Zealand); Récent, 207-1180 m (Pacific Océan). DlAGNOSIS Shell of six primary wall plates: rostrum (R), carina (C), and two pairs of dedicated latera, rostrolatera (RL) and carinolatera (CL), ail in contact with the substrate and surrounded by distinctly separate whorl(s) of basai imbricating plates; sheath formed by R, C and CL; RL not entering sheath; basis thinly calcareous. REMARKS The exclusion of the RL from the sheath is a useful indication of antiquity, being characteristic only of the Chionelasmatoidea and the most primitive Pachylasmatoidea: Waikalasma, Eolasma and Pachylasma (Buckeridge 1996a, b). Genus Chionelasmus Pilsbry, 1911 TYPE SPECIES. Chionelasmus darwini darwini (Pilsbry, 1907). Recenr, 207-450 m, North Pacific Océan. SPECIES INCLUDED. Two living species are presently attributed to this genus, one being furthet divided into rwo subspecies: Chionelasmus darwini sensu stricto (Pilsbry, 1907), North Pacific Océan (207-450 m); Chionelasmus darwini n.subsp. (Yamaguchi, 1998), Indian Océan (420-526 m); plus the new species described hete: Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp., Southwest Pacific Océan (505-1180 m). DISTRIBUTION. Upper Palaeocene to Eocene (New Zealand); Récent, 207-1180 m (Indian and Pacific Océans). DlAGNOSIS Chionelasmatinae with trimorphic basai imbricating plates, which, although attributable to up to four whorls, are integrated into one. REMARKS Chionelasmus differs from Eochionelasmus Yamaguchi, 1990 primarily in the nature of the imbricating whorls (Yamaguchi & Newman 1990). In Eochionelasmus, thete are between five and nine distinct whorls of imbricaring plates, however thèse plates are monomorphic, lacking the alar extensions characteristic of Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp. (Figs 1-5) Chionelasmus. MATERIAL EXAMINED. New Caledonia. BERYX 11: stn CH02, 24 57'S - 168 21'E, 505-600 m, 14.X. 1992: 5 spécimens attached to a decorticated octocoral. Stn CH05, 24 54'S - 168 22'E, 600-650 m, 15.X.1992: 8 spécimens embedded in the living octocoral Muricides sp. indet. 168
A new species of Chionelasmus RECORD. Foster (1981: 354), 1180 m. Material lost, opercula and body parts not figured by Foster {loc. cit.). TYPE SPÉCIMENS. Holotype, MNHN-Ci 2685: complète shell, with complemental maie on operculum, from stn CH05 (Fig. 1); soft tissue removed and prepared for drawing and SEM photography. Paratypes: MNHN-Ci 2686, one complète shell, from stn CH05, with soft tissue and opercula removed; MNHN- Ci 2687, 5 spécimens, 4 complète, from stn CH05; MNHN-Ci 2688, 5 spécimens, 4 complète from stn CH02; CAX 118: 1 spécimen from stn CH05. ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named to honour Dr Alain Ctosnier, ORSTOM (Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération), Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris. On two separate occasions, 1993 and 1996, I have had the privilège of working in Paris with Alain. He is one of a spécial breed of scientists, who through scientific rigor, professionalism and dedication, leaves a legacy with ORSTOM that is unlikely to be equaled. I am proud to be able to call Alain both a much respected colleague in science, and a friend. HABITAT. Stations CP CH02 and CH05 are located on the flat, limestone capped summit of a large guyot, known as Seamount B, or "Sponge Bank". Seamount B is part of a linéament of guyots at the northern part of Norfolk Ridge, to the south of New Caledonia. Water températures at 600 mètres are 10-12 C. In addition to stylasterids, and octocorals with cirripedes, the site is known for a very rich and diverse sponge fauna, including lithistids, tetractinellides, demonsponges. More than 190 invertebrate species have been recorded from the site (Bertrand Richer de Forges, pers. comm.). FIG. 1. Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp., holotype, MNHN-Ci 2685; A, latéral view of whole spécimen, with complemental maie attachée! near apex of tergum (right side); B, latéral view of whole spécimen (left side); C, dorsal view of whole spécimen; D, carinal view of whole spécimen; E, rostral view of whole spécimen. Scale bar: 5 mm.
Buckeridge J. S, DiAGNOSIS Tergum with broadly rounded, well-defined spur; scutum with protruding articular ridge extending half length of tergal margin; cirrus VI with four pairs of setae on anterior edge of intermédiare segments. DESCRIPTION Holotype (MNHN-Ci 2685): rostro-carinal diameter 12.4 mm; width 9.1 mm; height 8.7 mm. Paratype (MNHN-Ci 2686): rostro-carinal diameter 11.4 mm; width 9.7 mm; height 12.5 mm. Shell white, porcellanous; base calcareous, very thin centrally, but thickened nearer paries, with short but weak terminal ribs or extensions; carina well developed, semi-conic, with extended alae, approximately twice height of rostrum. RL and CL clearly separated from paries of rostrum and carina respectively by broad exposed alar areas on latter plates; internally, RL not entering the sheath. Primary plates transversely sculptured with fine growth lines, each paries with central, very weakly-developed longitudinal ribs, rib spacing approximating apices of basai imbricating FIG. 2. Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp., paratype, MNHN-Ci interior; D, same, exterior. Scale bar: 4 mm. ; A, tergum (right), interior; B, same, exterior; C, scutum (right), ZOOSYSTEM A 1998 20(2)
A new species of Chionelasmus plates; growth lines slightly basally deflected approaching pariétal ribs. Alae almost confluent with paries, possessing very fine apico-basal striae transversely between well spaced growth lines, welting absent. Interior of carina with low, narrow rib along alar margin. Imbricating plates trimorphic, two types have "alar extensions" ot overlapping margins (eithet on one, or both sides), one type lacks alar extensions; alar extensions with well formed, subvertical, growth lines; imbricating plates and base of pariétal plates in contact with substrate; base of paries slightly inflected inwards. Opercula (Fig. 2): tergum triangular, basai mar- FIQ. 3. Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp., holotype, MNHN-Ci 2685; A, labrum and palps (setae shown on left palp only); B, mandible (right side); C, intermediate segment of cirrus VI showing setal arrangement (right side); D, first maxilla (left side); E, cirrus III (left side, shown with setae removed); F, caudal appendage, pénis and basai portion of cirrus VI. Scale bars: AD, 0.5 mm; E, F, 2 mm. 171
Buckeridge J. S. gin slightly concave, carinal margin slightly convex; exterior with well-developed transverse growth lines crossing strong apico-basal sttiae, and fine, délicate, apico-basal micro-stfiae; apico-basal furrow projected as broad, moderately rounded spur at basi-scutal angle; interior with elevated articular ridge; articular furrow moderately deep; crests for depressor muscles moderately developed near basi-carinal angle. Scutum tfiangular, basai and tergal margins broadly and gently convex; externally with strong growth lines eut by fine apico-basal micro-striae; protruding articular ridge extending half length of tergal margin; internally with weakly-developed, centrally placed, adductor muscle pit; articular ridge elevated with strong transverse growth lines. Body parts (Fig 3): mandible tridentate, outer edges of second and third teeth with occasional, fine, flattened serrations, inner angle pectinate with numerous short spines; first maxilla with two large upper spines, notch poorly-developed, centrally with group of three large spines, lower angle with numerous smaller spines, relatively hirsute overall; second maxilla bilobed. Pénis long, basai third smooth, non-hirsute, outer two thirds annulated, hirsute at end; labrum broadly curved, with numerous small, but well-formed, centrally disposed teeth; palps moderately sharply rounded, with setae primarily on inner side, well-separated. Cirrus I anterior and posterior rami about equal number of segments. Cirrus II more like cirrus III than cirrus I. Anterior rami of cirri III, VI, V and VI slightly shorter in length than posterior rami, although occasionally with mote segments. Cirrus VI with intermédiare segments having four pairs of setae on the anterior edge; caudal appendages about twice length of basai pedicel of cirrus VI. For holotype, segments per rami, (first line from cirri on right side, anterior ramus first), and for caudal appendages (ca.) as follows: I II III IV V VI ca. 9/10 15/17 20/21 26/28 27/26 25/28 11 10/10 15/18 21/21 26/23 25/26 23/25 12 Colour (in alcohol): the holotype and paratype shells are presently creamy-white internally and externally. Some soft tissue in the holotype has a straw tinting, e.g. the chitinous cutting edges of the mouth parts. REMARKS This species is unusual in the choice of an octocoral for its host. Spécimens from station CH05 are deeply embedded in the coral, with soft tissue coveting ail but the orifice and opercula (Fig. 5). Yamaguchi (1998) places much emphasis on the disposition, and the number of imbricating plates (see Fig. 4). The number of imbricating plates in C. crosnieri varies ontogenetically, and in some spécimens may diffet slightly on each side of the shell [e.g. the larger spécimen from Ci 2688 (R-C diameten 9.1 mm) has an extra plate "c 5 " on the left side]. The fine, basai ribbing (or nodes) on the pariétal plates was initially thought to have been a function of the substrate surface pattern. The spécimens grow however, on a cylindrical srrucrure, with a longitudinal surface texture. As such, the tibbing could be expected to be linearly arranged. That they are radial in overall disposition indicates that ribbing is a primary feature. It is unfortunate that the material described by Fostet (1981), from the Kermadec Islands, has been lost from New Zealand's océanographie collections (held at the National Institute of Water R CL C 3 sr ri 1 cl 1 c 3 4! FIG. 4. Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp. The arrangement of wall plates in adult spécimen. Pariétal plates: R, rostrum; C, carina; RL, rostrolatus; CL, carinolatus. Basai imbricating plates: r 1, imbricating plate added between R and I 1 ; c 1, imbricating plate added between I 1 and C; r 2, c 2, imbricating plates of second tier, variously disposed as shown; sr and se, imbricating plates added directly below R and C; rl 1 and cl 1 imbricating plates added directly below RL and CL; c 3 (not in bold), imbricating plate occasionally found below c 2 and C. Numerals down left hand side indicate "whorl number" of imbricating plates. If c 3 présent, se would fall into a fourth whorl. 172 ZOOSYSTEMA 1998 20 (2)
A new species of Chionelasmus FIG. 5. Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp.; A, the relationship of C. crosnieri n.sp. with the host octocoral, Muricides sp. indet. (Paratype, MNHN-Ci 2687); B, détail of spécimen central right of A, showing attached juvénile (damaged); most of the shell, apart from that closest to the orifice is buried within the coral tissue; C, cirrus I (left side, SEM photograph); D, cirrus II (left side, SEM photograph); E, détail of D, showing basai portion of anterior ramus of cirrus II (SEM photograph). Scale bars: A, 10 mm; B-E, 1 mm.
Buckeridge J. S. and Atmospheric Research, Wellington). Although Foster did not publish figures of body parts and opercula, he did prépare working diagrams, and thèse have been made available by courtesy of Professor T. Yamaguchi. The mandible, first maxilla, caudal appendages and pénis conform to the holotype of C. crosnieri n.sp., but there are no known figures of the labrum or palps. There are slight variations with the opercula, but thèse différences are interpreted as ontogenetic, Foster's material being juvénile. Nonetheless, the tergum of Foster's material possessed a concave basai margin, and the scutum had an articular ridge that extended for about half the length of the articular margin. Thèse characters, supported by the geogtaphic location of the spécimen, are considered sufficient to place the Kermadec Islands material within C. crosnieri n.sp. Spécimen MNHN-Ci 2685 (Fig. 1) possesses a small barnacle, attached near the apex of the right tergum (R-C diameter: 2.3 mm). This grew initially within the articular furrow, but with ontogeny, now occupies a larger area on the tergum. Both terga and scuta of this barnacle possess dimpled apical primordial valves. Only the first of the imbricating plates (C) is présent, with the primary wall of the shell being comprised of six pariétal plates (Le. R-RL-CL-C-CL- RL). This arrangement corresponds to that of an early postlarval stage (Newman 1987: fig. 6B), rather than that of a complemental maie (as in Hui & Moyse 1984). HOST RELATIONSHIPS Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp. is commensal on an octocoral, Muricides sp. indet. It is not attached to the surface of the octocoral however, but to the axial skeleton. Except for the opercula and the apical parts of the carina and rostrum, no part of the barnacle shell is visible, Le. it lies buried within the soft tissue of the coral (Fig. 5). The mechanism by which cyprid larvae gain access to the axial skeleton is unknown, as it is uncertain whether they could burrow through coral tissue. Observations, however, have been made on barnacle commensals on gorgonians living off La Jolla, California (Gomez 1973). Gomez proposed that cyprid larvae of Balanus galeatus gained access to the axial skeleton aftet nudibranch feeding exposed the axis. The barnacles were generally found terminally on coral branches, the preferred sites for nudibranch prédation, suggesting that the cyprids attached themselves to the axis during, or shortly after, nudibranch feeding. A similar mechanism may provide an opportunity for C. crosnieri cyprids to gain access to the axis of Muricides. AFFINITIES Chionelasmus crosnieri n.sp. closely resembles Chionelasmus darwini (Pilsbry), but may be distinguished from that species by the opercula and body parts. The tergum in C. crosnieri n.sp. has a more obtuse apical angle, a btoader, more clearly defined spur with a less acute basai angle; the scutum is btoader, with the protruding articulât ridge extending for about half the length of the tergal margin, it has a basai margin that is broadly convex (rather than concave or sinuous), and a moderately acutely rounded basi-occludent angle. Cirrus VI has four pairs of setae on the anterior edge of intermédiare segments (C. darwini has five). The mandible lacks the mediumsized secondary teeth that occur in C. darwini, and the first maxilla possesses only two upper spines, with numerous fine setae below the lower angle. The pénis is only annulated over two thirds of its length, and is only hirsute at the tip (C. darwini is annulated and hirsute over the entire length). This species is similar to spécimens of Eocene âge from the Chatham Islands, figured in Buckeridge (1983: 61), as Chionelasmus darwini. Unfortunately very few opercula have been recovered from the fossil material. Of particular note is the tergal margin of the scutum, which has the protruding tetgal ridge extending for about two thirds of its length. This character serves to distinguish the fossil material from ail living forms, and places it closest to C. crosnieri n.sp. It is hoped that further collecting will clarify the systematic location of the Chatham Islands material, although at présent, it seems most likely that it will be placed within C. crosnieri as a furthet subspecies. C. crosnieri is readily distinguished from Eochionelasmus ohtai Yamaguchi, 1990, by I 174 ZOOSYSTEMA 1998 20 (2)
A new species of Chionehlsmm having less than five whorls of imbricating plates, a scutum which possesses an almost 90 basi-tergal angle {E. ohtai is broadly rounded) and a tergum, which in E. ohtai has a more deeply excavated basai margin. The mouth parts of E. ohtai, unlike C. crosnieri, possess distinctive features that are interpreted by Yamaguchi & Newman (1990) as adaptations for living in a hydrothermal environment. BlOGEOGRAPHY The Southwest Pacific has been interpreted by Buckeridge (1996a), as a centre of Sessilian évolution during the early Cainozoic. Many primitive sessilian citripedes are first recorded from this part of the world, e.g. Chionelasmus is first known from rhe Eocene of the Chatham Islands [it is also known from the Eocene of Tonga, although détail of this location is unpublished (Yamaguchi & Newman 1990)]. If the Southwest Pacific is confirmed as the centre for chionelasmatoid speciation, this speciation occurred after the breakup of Gondwana. If this is so, long range dispersai during the mid-cainozoic, rather than vicariance, is the most likely mechanism for Chionelasmus to have colonized the Indian Océan and northern Pacific. Acknowledgements The author wishes to sincerely thank Dr. Crosnier for the invitation to work on the MUSORSTOM collections, and fot access to the material. Professor William A. Newman, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, and Professor Toshiyuki Yamaguchi, Chiba University, Japan, provided thoughtful comments, via e.mail during the prepararion of the manusctipt. Mme Marie-José D'Hondt identified the octocoral, and Dr Danielle Defaye (both of Muséum national d'histoire narurelle, Paris) provided station site data and helpful comments. REFERENCES Buckeridge J. S. 1983. Fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 50: 1-151. 1993. Cirripedia and Porifera, in Campbell H. J. et ai, Cretaceous-Cenozoic Geology and Biostratigraphy of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Monographl: 1-240. (Released 1994). 1996a. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Primitive Sessilia and a considération of a Tethyan origin for the gtoup. Crustacean Issues, A. A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, 1995 (1996), 10: 255-267. 1996b. A living fossil Waikalasma houcheti n.sp. (Cirripedia, Balanomorpha) from Vanuaru (New Hébrides), Southwest Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, série 4, A 18 (3-4) : 447-457. Foster B. A. 1981. Cirripedes from océan ridges north of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 349-367. Gomez E. D. 1973. Observations on feeding and prey specificity of Tritonia festiva (Stearns) with comments on other Tritoniids. The Veliger 16: 163-165. Hui E. & Moyse J. 1984. Complemental maies in the primitive balanomotph barnacle, Chionelasmus darwini. Journal of the Marine Biological Association ofthe United Kingdom 64: 91-97. Newman W. A. 1987. Evolution of cirripedes and their major groups, in Southward A. J. (éd.), Barnacle Biology, Crustacean Issues, A. A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam 5: 3-42. Nilsson-Cantell C. A. 1928. The cirripede Chionelasmus (Pilsbry) and a discussion of its phylogeny. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10: 445-455. Pilsbry H. A. 1907. Hawaiian Cirripedia. Bulletin ofthe Bureau of Fisheries 26: 181-190. Yamaguchi T. 1998. Review of Chionelasmus darwini (Pilsbry, 1907) (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha): A comparison between the Pacific and Indian Océan populations. Species Diversity 3 (1): in press. Yamaguchi T. & Newman W. A. 1990. A new and primitive barnacle (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from the North Fiji Basin abyssal hydrothermal field, and its evolutionary implications. Science 44: 135-155. Pacific 175
Buckeridge J. S. Addendum One of the référées of this manuscript, Diana S. Jones, has advised that she has a paper in press with the MUSORSTOM séries entitled "Cirripedia Thoracica: New Species of Chionelasmtoidea and Pachylasmatoidea (Balanomorpha) of New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna Islands, with a review of ail currently assigned taxa". This paper includes référence to Chionelasmus darwini Nilsson Cantell from the Southwest Pacific, but does not split the species. In light of this work, Jones'paper and Yamaguchi (1998), an opportunity exists for further analysis of the genus as a whole. 176